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Address  Upon 

as  President 

Trustees  of 

Junior 


Her  Inauguration 
of  the  Board  of 
Leland  Stanford 
University 

By 


Jane  Lathrop  Stanford 


ADDRESS 


—  OF  — 


Jane  Lathrop  Stanford 


UPON   HER  INAUGURATION 


—  AS  — 

'^^' "^PRESIDENT  OF  THE  BOARD 
OF   TRUSTEES 

—  OF  — 


THE  LELAND  STANFORD  JUNIOR 
UNIVERSITY 


JUI.Y  6tli,   1903. 


ADDRESS 


—  oif  — 


Jane  Lathrop  Stanford 


UPON   HER   INAUGURATION 


PRESIDENT  OF  THE  BOARD 
OF   TRUSTEES 


—  OF 


THE  LELAND  STANFORD  JUNIOR 
UNIVERSITY 


JULY  6tli,    1903. 


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To  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 

The  Leland  Stanford  Junior  University: 

Gentlemen:  I  think  it  fitting  that  I  should  not  only  thank 
you  for  the  compliment  paid  me  in  my  election  as  a  Trustee 
of  the  Leland  Stanford  Junior  University,  and  as  President  of 
this  Board  of  Trustees,  but  that  I  should  also  address  you 
relative  to  certain  matters  of  policy  upon  which  I  think  I  am 
qualified  to  speak  by  my  ten  years  of  experience,  and  as  to 
such  matters  as  are  likely  to  come  before  you  for  considera- 
tion during  my  term  of  office  as  President.  I  appreciate 
these  honors  not  only  because  they  were  voluntarily  and 
unexpectedly  tendered  by  you  immediately  upon  the 
announcement  of  my  intention  to  resign  all  of  the  powers 
and  duties  heretofore  vesting  in  me  by  law  as  Surviving 
Founder  of  the  University,  but  because  the  positions  will 
enable  me  to  keep  in  touch  with  its  affairs  and  to  see  it 
assume  its  final  form  and  organization. 

Your  first  serious  problem  is  that  of  organizing  this 
Board  and  the  University. 

The  importance  of  this  question  cannot  well  be  over- 
estimated, and  its  solution  should  receive  all  of  the  thought 
and  investigation  which  its  importance  demands. 

The  Founding  Grant  contains  the  following  clauses  upon 
this  subject : 

"That  the  Trustees  shall  have  power  and  it  shall  be  their 
duty: 

"2.  To  manage  and  control  the  institution  hereby 
founded. 

"3.  To  manage  and  control  the  trust  property,  care  for 
and  improve  the  same,  operate  or  lease  it,  and  apply  the  net 
proceeds  or  profits  thereof  to  the  purposes  of  the  trust  hereby 
created. 

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''6.  To  make  by-laws  not  inconsistent  with  the  laws  of 
this  State,  or  the  purposes  of  this  grant,  for  the  government 
of  the  institution  hereby  founded. 

'■7.  To  make  rules  and  regulations  for  the  management 
of  the  trust  property. 

"8.     To  keep  a  full  and  fair  record  of  their  proceedings. 

''9.  To  appoint  a  President  of  the  University,  who  shall 
not  be  one  of  their  number,  and  to  remove  him  at  wnll. 

"10.  To  employ  professors  and  teachers  at  the  Univer- 
sity. 

"11.  To  fix  the  salaries  of  the  president,  professors  and 
teachers,  and  to  fix  them  at  such  rates  as  will  secure  to  the 
University  the  services  of  men  of  the  very  highest  attain- 
ments. 

''13.  To  establish  and  maintain  at  such  University  an 
educational  system  which  will,  if  followed,  fit  the  graduate 
for  some  useful  pursuit,  and  to  this  end  to  cause  the  pupils, 
as  early  as  may  be,  to  declare  the  particular  calling,  which, 
in  life,  they  may  desire  to  pursue,  but  such  declaration  shall 
not  be  binding  if,  in  the  judgment  of  the  President  of  the 
University,  the  student  is  not  by  nature  fitted  for  the  pursuit 
declared. 

"18.  To  do  and  perform  all  things  hereinafter  provided 
for,  and  all  things  necessary  to  the  proper  exercise  and  dis- 
charge of  their  trust." 

"THE  FACULTY. 

The  Trustees  shall  constitute  the  President  and  Profes- 
sors the  Faculty  of  the  University,  and  prescribe  their  powers 
and  duties  as  such." 

"The  grantors,  and  each  of  them,  do  hereby  in  accord- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  the  aforesaid  Act  of  the  Legisla- 
ture, elect: 

"I.  In  relation  to  the  property  hereby  conveyed,  and  in 
relation  to  such  other  property  as  may  hereafter  be  conveyed 
or  devised  by  them  or  either  of  them  to  said  Trustees  for  the 


purpose  of  this  trust,  and  in  relation  to  the  erection,  main- 
tenance and  management  of  the  institution  hereby  founded 
to  perform  during  their  lives  all  the  duties  and  exercise  all 
the  powers  and  privileges  which,  by  the  terms  of  this  grant, 
are  enjoined  upon  and  vested  in  the  Trustees  therein  named. 

"2.  That  the  survdvor  of  either  of  said  grantors  shall, 
after  the  death  of  the  other,  and  during  the  life  of  the  sur- 
vivor, in  relation  to  all  of  said  property,  and  in  relation  to  the 
erection,  maintenance  and  management  of  the  institution 
hereby  founded,  perform  all  the  duties  and  exercise  all  the 
powers  and  privileges  which,  by  the  terms  of  this  grant,  are 
enjoined  upon  and  vested  in  the  Trustees  therein  named. 

''3.  That  upon  the  death  of  both  grantors,  then  all  such 
duties  shall  devolve  upon,  and  all  such  powers  and  privileges 
shall  be  exercised  by  the  Trustees  named  in  this  grant,  and 
by  their  successors  forever." 

I  have  nevertheless  strictly  adhered  to  the  following 
clauses  quoted  from  my  addresses,  delegating  to  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  University  the  exclusive  freedom  to  appoint  and 
dismiss  professors  and  teachers  free  from  all  control  by  me, 
never  having  in  a  single  instance  deviated  from  this  power 
I  delegated  to  him. 

As  frequently  stated  to  you  heretofore,  the  Founders  as- 
sumed those  powers  only  so  far  as  they  related  to  the  man- 
agement of  the  University  properties,  to  the  erection  and 
permanent  equipment  of  University  buildings,  and  to  the 
determination  of  the  gross  amount  of  the  annual  appropria- 
tions for  the  maintenance  of  the  institution. 

In  my  address  to  you  of  June  ist,  1897,  is  the  following: 

"In  the  grant  founding  the  Leland  Stanford  Junior  Uni- 
versity, November  14,  1885,  it  is  made  the  duty  of  the  Trus- 
tees to  give  the  President  of  the  University  the  following 
powers :  (quoting  the  clauses  defining  the  powers  of  the  Pres- 
ident) 


"The  history  of  the  University  for  the  past  six  years  has 
fully  vindicated  the  wisdom  of  this  clause  in  the  grant.  It  is 
my  wish  that  this  clause  shall  be  in  the  future,  as  in  the  past, 
respected,  both  in  word  and  in  spirit.  I  therefore  explicitly 
direct  that  the  selection  and  removal  of  the  professors  and 
teachers  and  all  questions  relating  thereto  shall  be  deter- 
mined by  the  President  and  by  him  alone. 

"The  plan  pursued  by  me  during  the  past  four  years  is 
to  set  aside  at  the  beginning  of  each  year  a  certain  definite 
fund  for  the  payment  of  salaries,  another  definite  fund  for  the 
purchase  of  books  and  supplies,  leaving  to  the  President  (ex- 
cept in  the  matter  of  his  own  salary,  that  to  remain  as  my 
husband  fixed  it)  to  determine  at  his  sole  discretion  the  par- 
ticular distribution  of  these  funds." 

In  my  address  of  May  31st,  1899,  I  stated: 

"The  selection,  appointment  and  removal  of  all  profes- 
sors and  teachers,  and  all  questions  relating  thereto,  shall 
be  made  and  determined  by  the  President  of  the  University." 

In  my  address  of  October  3rd,  1902,  will  be  found  the 
following  upon  the  same  subject : 

"Any  directions  heretofore  made  by  me  inconsistent  with 
any  of  the  provisions  of  Subdivisions  9,  10  and  11  of  Article 
IV  of  the  Founding  Grant  are  withdrawn.  The  Board  of 
Trustees  should  adopt  such  a  plan  for  the  nomination  and 
appointment  of  professors  and  teachers,  and  the  determina- 
tion of  their  salaries,  as  experience  of  this  and  similar  insti- 
tutions may  prove  to  be  desirable.  During  my  administra- 
tion the  President  of  the  University  shall  continue  to  have 
the  exclusive  control  over  the  appointment  and  dismissal  of 
professors  and  teachers,  as  he  has  had  heretofore. 

'"The  Board  of  Trustees  should  always  avail  itself  of  the 
knowledge  and  experience  of  the  President  of  the  University, 
who,  by  reason  of  the  high  and  disinterested  position  which 
he  holds,  will  be  found  to  be  a  safe  counsellor  in  all  matters 


of  University  administration  and  in  all  differences  and  con- 
flicting claims  within  and  between  departments." 

Although  I  found  the  system  described  in  the  foregoing 
extracts  from  my  former  addresses  to  be  advantageous  while 
the  University  was  under  my  personal  supervision,  after  very 
serious  consideration  I  withdrew  these  directions  in  my  ad- 
dress of  October  3rd,  1902,  so  far  as  they  extended  the  orig- 
inal powers  of  the  President  as  defined  in  the  Founding 
Grant. 

You  should  accordingly  assume  the  foregoing  and  any 
other  functions  of  the  Trustees  which  I  have  delegated  to  the 
President  of  the  University  during  my  administration,  and, 
after  full  investigation  and  deliberation  you  should  formulate 
general  rules  providing  for  the  government  of  the  Univer- 
sity, and  defining  the  powers  and  duties  of  the  President  and 
Faculty. 

I  recommend  that  in  the  determination  of  all  matters  af- 
fecting the  General  Faculty  or  any  Department  Faculty, 
provision  should  be  made  whereby  the  views  of  any  such  fac- 
ulty or  any  professor,  not  personally  interested,  should  al- 
ways be  received  and  given  whatever  consideration  their 
special  knowledge  may  warrant,  and  that  without  curtailing 
the  proper  functions  of  the  President  or  Board  of  Trustees 
the  greatest  freedom  of  action  consistent  with  the  interests 
the  University  be  accorded  each  faculty. 

There  is  great  necessity  that  in  every  department  the  pro- 
fessors should  make  rules  of  discipline  and  have  them  obeyed, 
and  every  department  should  catalogue  its  books,  instru- 
ments and  tools  and  send  such  inventory  to  the  Trustees,  and 
at  the  end  of  each  year  render  an  account  of  same.  There 
has  been  great  laxity  in  the  past  in  the  care  of  property, 
instruments  and  tools,  and  the  heads  of  each  department 
should  be  held  responsible,  and  they  in  turn  should  hold 
their  students  responsible  for  these  articles.     Only  in  this 


way  can  the  students  be  made  to  appreciate  and  care  for  the 
means  freely  accorded  to  them. 

You  should  at  the  same  time  provide  for  the  permanent 
organization  of  this  Board  of  Trustees  that  its  organization 
and  that  of  the  President  and  Faculty,  which  are  more  or 
less  related,  should  be  harmonious. 

The  Trustees  are  in  control  of  Encina  Hall.  I  do  not 
approve  of  having  this  Hall  under  the  supervision  of  student 
monitors,  as  in  the  past.  No  rooms  in  the  building  should 
be  rent  free  to  any  one  connected  with  the  University,  and  no 
money  from  University  funds  should  be  allowed  to  pay  stu- 
dents' room  rent  in  this  building  for  services  rendered.  I 
think  that  whatever  compensation  is  made  to  any  officer  or 
employee  should  be  made  directly,  and  not  indirectly  in  the 
form  of  rebates  of  rents  or  otherwise.  This  will  permit  of 
the  administration  of  the  business  interests  of  the  University 
upon  business  principles,  and  independently  of  the  charitable 
or  University  department. 

The  Trustees  are  in  control  of  Roble  Hall.  No  rooms  in 
this  Hall  should  be  rent  free  and  no  University  funds  should 
be  appropriated  for  student's  room  rent  in  this  Hall. 

An  experienced,  dignified  lady  should  be  selected  by  the 
Trustees  for  this  Hall  as  Matron,  one  wdio  would  be  a  safe 
counsellor,  judicious  in  her  management,  and  understanding 
the  proprieties  governing  the  conduct  of  the  young  ladies 
in  this  Hall  towards  the  male  students  of  the  University. 

No  collections  of  any  kind  should  be  sent  to  the  Museum 
or  accepted  as  a  loan  without  the  consent  of  the  Trustees. 
They  alone  can  accept  gifts  for  the  Museum  or  make  or 
authorize  purchases  for  the  same. 

No  electric  road  constructed  by  any  outside  corporation 
or  interest  should  ever  be  allowed  to  be  built  or  operated  on 
the  University  grounds.  If  ever  an  electric  road  becomes 
necessary  in  the  future,  it  should  be  governed  by  the  Trustees 
of  the  University,  and  should  not  be  allowed  to  run  upon  the 


main  University  Avenue.  That  should  ever  be  kept  free  for 
carriages,  pedestrians  and  bicycles,  as  at  persent.  Any  such 
road  should  also  be  kept  out  of  the  Arboretum. 

No  buildings  of  any  kind  whatever  should  ever  be  erected 
within  the  grounds  of  the  original  Arboretum.  It  should 
always  be  retained  in  its  present  condition  as  a  Park  for 
drives  and  walks  so  long  as  the  University  exists.  This  Park 
was  a  favorite  project  of  my  husband  and  carried  into  effect 
twenty-eight  years  ago.  There  are  many  miles  of  drive 
within,  or  connected  by  shaded  avenues  with  this  beautiful 
park.  The  choicest  trees  are  there  planted  from  all  parts  of 
the  world,  and  as  the  years  roll  on  and  this  most  beautiful 
valley  of  Santa  Clara  becomes,  as  I  have  no  doubt  it  will,  the 
educational  center  of  our  State  and  thickly  settled  with  beau- 
tiful homes,  this  park  will  be  unique  and  of  itself  memorable 
and  monumental.  It  should,  accordingly,  always  be  sacredly 
preserved  from  mutilation.  The  foregoing  does  not  refer  to 
sites  of  the  museum  or  new  gymnasium  or  to  the  proposed 
athletic  field. 

I  have  always  regretted  that  I  allowed  the  professors  to 
build  a  club-house  within  the  boundary  line  of  this  Park, 
and  in  the  very  near  future  it  should  be  removed  to  another 
location,  and  thus  obliterate  the  precedent  that  I  established 
of  occupying  these  grounds  for  any  use  save  as  above  men- 
tioned. 

No  houses  on  the  campus  are  ever  to  be  rent  free  to  any 
one  connected  with  the  University,  or  otherwise. 

No  hospital  or  sanitarium  should  ever  be  erected  on  the 
University  grounds  and  I  think  no  sanitarium  or  hospital 
should  ever  be  managed  by  any  one  connected  with  the  Uni- 
versity, except  by  the  students  themselves.  It  is,  however, 
deemed  wise  and  expedient  that  the  students  should  tax 
themselves  each  year  at  the  rate  of  fifty  cents  or  one  dollar 
a  semester,  to  create  a  fund  with  which  to  provide  for  them- 
selves the  proper  care  and  attention  which  might  be  required 


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in  case  of  sickness.  Aside  from  being  a  necessity,  it  is  an 
education  and  discipline  which  will  enable  the  students  to 
learn  the  great  advantage  of  having  their  own  funds  at  their 
command  to  supply  a  perhaps  much  needed  want  if  ever 
a  hospital  or  sanitarium  is  necessary  for  their  personal  use. 
The  Trustees,  President  or  Professors  of  the  University 
should  never  undertake  to  manage  a  cafe  or  boarding-house 
for  the  benefit  of  the  students.  It  was  tried  by  the  Founders 
but  not  found  expedient  and  consequently  abandoned.  Such 
a  place,  if  allowed,  should  be  managed  and  controlled  by  the 
students  themselves. 

All  parties  erecting  Fraternity  Houses,  I  think,  should 
advance  one-fifth  of  the  cost  before  the  ground  is  leased  to 
them.  It  will  make  them  more  responsible  and  interested 
to  pay  the  balance  of  the  debt  on  the  same  if  this  plan  is 
pursued. 

The  personal  knowledge  I  have  gained  by  experience  and 
close  observation  leads  me  to  make  the  following  sugges- 
tions: 

There  must  be  a  decided  stand  taken  as  to  the  usages  of 
the  Memorial  Church.  It  was  built  solely  for  religious  pur- 
poses, to  be  open  during  all  hours  of  the  day  from  sunrise 
to  sunset:  that  all  seeking  spiritual  comfort  for  the  soul  may 
feel  in  this  holy  place  that  they  are  welcome,  and  God  grant 
them  peace. 

No  contributions  should  ever  be  solicited  for  any  purpose 
from  the  congregations  assembling  there. 

There  must  be  no  secular  use  of  this  building,  no  concerts, 
no  lessons  on  the  organ.  Already  I  have  been  obliged  to 
take  a  firm  stand  regarding  the  use  of  the  Church.  Fearing 
a  laxity  of  respectful  feeling  as  to  its  use,  I  planned  and  built 
the  Assembly  Hall  first,  which  seats  the  same  number  of 
people  as  the  Church.  There  is  also  the  Chapel,  which  seats 
from  five  to  six  hundred,  and  which  can  be  used  as  it  has  been 
in  the  past  for  lectures,  and  for  such  prayer  meetings  and 


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preaching  as  the  Young  Men's  and  Young  Women's  Chris- 
tian Associations  may  wish.  It  should  ever  be  kept  for  such 
purposes.  I  have  always  felt  these  associations  have  hal- 
lowed this  building,  and  so  good  a  man  as  Rev.  Dr.  Thoburn 
has  left  his  impress  there,  never  to  be  effaced,  and  my  own 
meetings  in  early  days  with  these  societies  are  memorable  to 
me.  These  young  hearts  have  taught  me  how  beautiful  it  is 
to  give  one's  soul  to  God  while  young.  Having  made  such 
a  beginning  early  in  life  they  will  have  fewer  regrets  to  carry 
than  they  would  have  should  they  do  so  when  near  the  end 
of  life's  journey. 

Another  reason  why  I  would  ever  preserve  this  Chapel 
for  purposes  above  the  ordinary  class  recitation  room  is, 
because  this  was  the  place  the  Founder  loved  to  go  to. 

The  subject  of  student  employment  has  been  discussed 
between  us  and  I  found  your  opinions  coincided  with  my 
own,  which  are  derived  from  personal  experience  and  obser- 
vation. There  should  never  be  any  partiality  in  furnishing 
employment  to  students  at  the  expense  of  the  University,  nor 
should  students  be  employed  merely  to  enable  them  to  avail 
themselves  of  the  advantages  offered  by  the  University.  This 
is  not  what  the  Founders  intended,  which  was  to  give  an 
education  only,  and  it  should  never  be  allowed.  I  have 
found  the  system  of  student  employment  to  be  in  most  cases 
very  unsatisfactory,  expensive,  and  usually  very  unreliable, 
because  of  their  duties  as  students  continually  calling  them 
away  from  their  work.  I  think  those  immediately  respon- 
sible for  clerical  and  manual  work  should,  subject  to  such 
regulations  as  this  Board  may  make,  have  the  power  of 
employing  and  dismissing  the  necessary  help.  They  should 
only  use  such  help  as  will  do  the  work  best  and  cheapest. 

No  professor  or  teacher  employed  to  give  his  whole  time 
to  the  University  should  engage  in  or  be  connected  with, 
or  employed  in  any  outside  business  while  a  professor  of  the 


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University,  as  he  is  expected  to  give  his  whole  attention  to 
his  calling. 

No  one  connected  in  any  way  with  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
or  with  the  University,  should  be  allowed  to  accept  commis- 
sions on  any  goods  or  articles  purchased  for  the  University. 
The  acceptance  of  any  such  commission  should  be  regarded 
as  such  an  act  of  dishonesty  on  the  part  of  the  recipient  and 
the  merchant  as  to  warrant  the  severance  of  business  or  other 
relations  with  both  parties. 

No  one  connected  with  the  University  should  be  allowed 
to  publish  books  on  their  individual  account,  employing  type- 
writers, printing-presses,  or  clerks  whose  services  are  paid 
for  by  the  University. 

No  one  connected  ofificially  with  the  University  should 
start  a  business  on  the  Campus  with  the  expectation  of  indi- 
rectly deriving  profit  out  of  the  University. 

Another  subject  I  draw  your  particular  attention  to  is 
that  no  professor  or  teacher  should  be  allowed  to  make  any 
demands  upon  the  treasury  except  through  the  proper  chan- 
nel provided  by  the  Trustees. 

Only  registered  students  should  ever  be  permitted  to  use 
the  appliances,  instruments  or  machinery  in  any  of  the 
buildings. 

Only  registered  students  should  be  allowed  to  use  either 
of  the  gymnasiums. 

During  my  ten  years  of  administration  of  University 
affairs  my  policy  has  been  to  provide  for  the  gradual  and 
normal  growth  of  the  University  by  making  only  such  mod- 
erate and  needful  increases  in  the  annual  appropriation  for 
salaries  and  other  fixed  charges  as  the  finances  of  the  Univer- 
sity have  warranted.  By  persistently  resisting  the  natural 
tendency  of  the  fixed  expenses  of  universities  to  absorb  the 
whole  income,  or  even  to  exceed  it,  I  have  been  enabled  to 
provide  such  buildings  and  equipment  as  the  needs  of  the 
University  have  demanded.      Even   when   all   the  buildings 


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now  under  construction  have  been  completed,  I  will  not  have 
satisfied  the  immediate  demands  of  the  present  University- 
authorities  for  more  new  buildings.  Had  I  allowed  the  fixed 
expenses  of  the  University  to  consume  much  more  of  its 
income,  I  could  not  within  a  generation  have  afforded  ade- 
quate facilities  for  instructing  the  great  number  of  students 
which  would  have  already  come  to  it.  My  policy  has  been 
efficiency  of  equipment  and  professors  and  not  mere  num- 
bers, either  of  students,  professors  or  departments. 

I  quote  the  following  from  a  letter  dated  Berlin,  May  lo, 
1 90 1,  from  Hon.  Andrew  D.  White,  whose  opinion  and 
advice  I  value  highly: 

"I  believe  devoutly  in  the  mission  of  the  Arts,  Architec- 
ture, Sculpture,  Painting  and  Music  in  uplifting  human  life. 
Vastly  important  as  Science  is,  I  should  dislike  institutions 
which  are  restricted  to  the  cultivation  of  science  alone. 
Therefore  it  is  that  I  rejoice  to  hear  that  you  are  increasing 
your  buildings,  adhering  to  your  original  most  beautiful  plan. 

"The  rapid  multiplication  of  Professorships  is,  in  my 
opinion,  of  not  so  much  importance  as  completing  the  origi- 
nal plan  of  buildings.  The  extension  and  multiplication  of 
departments  will,  of  course,  go  on,  but  it  can  wait  somewhat, 
while  the  material  foundation  and  surroundings  are  pro- 
vided." 

Another  suggestion  which  I  have  given  much  thought 
is  not  at  present  to  begin  new  departments  in  the  University, 
but  strengthen  and  perfect  those  already  commenced,  pre- 
ferring rather  to  discontinue  the  weak;  not  to  be  ambitious 
as  to  large  numbers  of  students;  not  to  try  to  keep  up  in 
numbers  of  professors  or  students  with  such  universities  as 
Yale,  Harvard,  Cornell  or  our  own  excellent  State  Univer- 
sity, all  of  which  so  largely  outnumber  Stanford.  I  myself 
prefer  to  keep  within  the  limit  of  fifteen  hundred  or  two 
thousand  for  a  few  years  to  come;  to  give  students  an  extra 
quality  of  education  and  to  send  out  each  year  master  minds 


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and  skilled  workmen  from  strong  departments  that  they  in 
iheir  turn  may  fill  places  of  credit  to  themselves  and  to  the 
University  they  represent. 

There  are  already  too  many  universities  that  are  attempt- 
ing more  than  they  can  do  with  the  best  results. 

The  Trustees  of  the  University  should  not  attempt  to  do 
more  than  they  can  accomplish  with  the  best  possible  results. 
In  establishing  or  developing  departments  they  should  so 
apportion  the  funds  of  the  University  as  to  produce  results 
of  most  value  to  the  students,  to  science  or  to  industry.  In 
other  words,  without  curtailing  the  scope  of  the  University 
as  planned  and  maintained  by  the  Founders,  the  money 
should  be  spent  where  it  will  go  the  farthest. 

In  no  case  should  funds  be  appropriated  for  current 
expenses  in  advance  of  the  actual  needs.  Any  other  policy 
leads  to  neglect  and  extravagance  rather  than  to  efficiency 
and  economy.  There  is  no  danger  that  the  funds  of  the  Uni- 
versity will  be  larger  than  the  growing  needs  of  the  Institu- 
tion will  demand.  The  richest  universities  all  see  new  or 
larger  fields  of  usefulness  than  they  can  enter  upon.  This 
is  the  healthy,  normal  state  of  universities. 

In  addition  to  providing  for  the  present  expenses  and 
future  needs  of  the  institution  itself  the  Trustees  will  find  it 
necessary  to  make  adequate  reserve  funds  to  provide 
against  destruction  or  deterioration  of  properties  and  depre- 
ciation of  securities.  I  do  not  believe  in  drawing  from  the 
treasury  all  of  its  resources,  but  in  keeping  enough  in  reserve 
to  meet  any  emergency  that  may  arise.  I  have  in  the  past 
ten  years  followed  this  practice  strictly. 

I  am  convinced  that  a  larger  and  more  commodious 
Library  Building  is  required,  and  it  will  give  me  great  pleas- 
ure, if  I  am  spared,  to  erect  this  in  the  future. 

The  next  subject  to  which  I  would  call  your  special  inter- 
est and  attention  in  the  future,  is  the  Mechanical  Depart- 
ments.    I  know  full  well  how  im[)()rtain  my  husband  consid- 


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ered  these  departments.  The  large  workshops  were  fitted  up 
at  an  enormous  expense  with  the  very  finest  and  best  of 
machinery  and  tools.  During  the  first  two  years  there  were 
over  a  hundred  students  busily  engaged  in  learning  how  to 
use  their  hands  deftly  and  usefully  in  the  machine  shops.  This 
number,  from  some  cause  which  we  cannot  understand,  has 
been  steadily  decreasing  from  year  to  year. 

It  was  a  theory  of  my  husband  that  the  labor  of  a  man 
whose  brain  has  been  developed  in  conjunction  with  skilled 
hands,  made  him  so  superior  to  the  ordinary  workman  as  to 
enable  him  to  command  the  highest  compensation.  He  also 
felt  that  the  presence  of  these  departments  in  the  University 
tended  to  greatly  dignify  labor. 

Many  of  the  students  come  to  this  University  because  the 
advantages  are  free  and  because  they  know  they  will  be 
obliged  to  carve  out  their  own  future,  and  with  the  encour- 
agement which  we  will  give  these  departments  in  the  future, 
they  may  gladly  pursue  this  course  of  study.  The  profes- 
sional world  has  more  than  its  quota,  while  the  manual  has 
still  room  for  more  skilled  workmen.  When  you  put  on  the 
armor  and  take  up  the  work  where  I  leave  it,  I  charge  you  to 
pay  special  attention  to  these  departments.  Let  the  laborer 
always  keep  before  him  these  words  of  our  precious  Savior : 
"My  Father  worketh  hitherto,  and  I  work." 

In  the  next  place  I  would  impress  on  you  the  importance 
of  a  subject  near  my  heart — that  of  economy  being  taught 
the  students.  A  student  will  be  better  fitted  to  battle  with 
the  trials  and  tribulations  of  life  if  he  (or  she)  has  been  taught 
the  worth  of  money,  the  necessity  of  saving  and  of  overcom- 
ing a  desire  to  imitate  those  who  are  better  off  in  the  world's 
goods.  For  when  he  has  learnt  how  to  save  and  how  to  con- 
trol inordinate  desires,  he  will  be  relatively  rich.  During  the 
past  three  and  a  half  years  of  close  observation  on  my  part, 
the  importance  of  economy  has  impressed  itself  forcibly  upon 


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me  and  I  wish  it  to  be  taught  to  all  students  of  the 
University. 

Nature  has  made  the  surroundings  of  the  University 
beautiful  and  the  substantial  character  of  the  buildings  gives 
them  an  appearance  of  luxury.  I  wish  this  natural  beauty 
and  comparative  luxury  to  impress  upon  the  students  the 
necessity  of  their  preservation  for  the  generations  that  are 
to  follow.  The  lesson  thus  taught  will  remain  with  them 
through  life  and  help  them  to  teach  the  lesson  to  others. 
The  University  buildings  and  grounds  are  for  their  use  while 
students,  in  trust  for  students  to  come. 

I  also  feel  there  is  very  great  necessity  for  each  professor 
to  teach  the  sinfulness  of  waste,  to  impress  on  the  students 
the  importance  of  practicing  economy,  particularly  in  an 
institution  of  the  character  of  the  Leland  Stanford  Junior 
University,  for  the  larger  number  of  students  are  fitting 
themselves  to  earn  a  living.  Tools,  machinery,  chemicals, 
and  all  the  adjuncts  of  the  different  departments  must  be 
regarded  and  handled  with  care  and  responsibility  for  pro- 
tection against  damage,  always  remembering  that  others  are 
to  follow  them  who  will  need  the  same  appliances. 

1  mention  this  so  very  particularly  for  I  do  indeed  think 
it  the  duty  of  all  the  professors  and  teachers  to  teach  to  the 
students  self  discipline  and  economy  for  they  should  be  the 
recipients  of  such  influence  and  teachings  in  their  youth.  It 
is  as  needful  to  them  as  the  study  of  abstract  science  and 
will  be  helpful  to  them  as  long  as  they  live. 

I  wish  to  call  your  attention  to  the  following  clause  in 
the  Founding  Grant:  "Any  Trustee  named  in  this  grant, 
or  the  successor  to  any  Trustee,  may  for  good  cause  be 
removed  by  a  proper  court  of  equity  jurisdiction,  after  notice 
to  him,  and  upon  the  application  of  the  grantors  herein,  or 
either  of  them,  or  upon  the  application  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees."    If  ever  an  occasion  arises  when  this  clause  should 


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be  put  into  operation  I  trust  that  you  will  not  have  any  hesi- 
tancy in  pursuing  the  course  specified  therein. 

I  hope  you  will  take  such  steps  as  may  be  necessary  for 
the  protection  of  the  primary  school  upon  the  campus,  which 
constitutes  a  school  district,  against  large  numbers  of  stud- 
ents from  other  school  districts  in  the  vicinity  and  against 
the  consequent  crowding  of  the  classes.  There  is  no  reason 
why  the  laws  applicable  to  other  district  schools  should  not 
be  enforced  in  the  case  of  this  one. 

Before  closing  my  address,  I  would  be  unjust  did  I  not 
mention  to  you  the  fact  that  my  dear  brother,  C.  G.  Lathrop, 
has  been  to  me  the  past  ten  years,  also  to  the  University,  a 
tower  of  strength  beyond  your  conception;  his  unselfishness, 
his  remarkable  good  common  sense  to  see  quickly  the  right 
or  wrong  of  a  question;  his  ability  to  say  "no"  under  trying 
circumstances;  his  unfailing  watchfulness  over  all  that  most 
affects  me  for  good  or  evil,  and  his  unique  fitness  by  nature 
and  experience  as  a  safe  and  careful  financier  has  been  plainly 
and  repeatedly  demonstrated.  He  deserves  the  supreme  con- 
fidence I  have  placed  in  him,  and  I  am  more  than  grateful 
to  him  that  he  has  consented  to  hold  the  same  position  with 
you  in  the  future  he  has  held  so  faithfully  and  judiciously 
for  the  past  ten  years  with  me.  But  his  course  speaks  louder 
than  words  can  tell,  and  I  am  going  away  feeling  he  can  give 
you  all  the  information  you  might  need  from  me  as  regards 
the  finances. 

In  my  address  to  the  Trustees  of  February  nth,  1897, 
I  said  to  you  as  follows,  and  I  wish  now  to  repeat  this  extract 
to  you  as  it  seems  to  me  very  fitting  to  the  occasion,  although 
six  years  have  elapsed  since  then. 

"A  subject  I  feel  most  reverentially  under  obligations  to 
touch  upon,  is  one  of  a  religious  nature.  An  impression 
exists  in  the  minds  of  many  whose  commendation  and 
strengthening  prayers  I  need  and  seek,  that  the  students  of 
the  University  are  not  directly  taught  to  reverence  God  and 


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His  wonderful  works.  It  was  God's  goodness  to  my  hus- 
band and  myself,  as  evidenced  in  the  many  blessings  we 
received  from  Him,  that  inspired  our  hearts  with  gratitude 
and  gave  birth  to  this  University.  It  seems  to  me,  therefore, 
most  proper  and  necessary  that  a  reverence  for  God's  name 
should  be  one  of  the  fundamental  truths  there  expounded. 
It  was  such  a  feeling  that  caused  my  husband  to  direct  during 
his  lifetime,  that  while  no  particular  sect  or  creed  should  be 
allowed  to  intrude  on  the  University,  there  should  be  taught 
therein  'the  immortality  of  the  Soul,  the  existence  of  an  all 
wise  and  benevolent  Creator,  and  that  obedience  to  His  laws 
is  the  highest  duty  of  man.'  I  will  here  quote  his  own  words 
once  written  to  me  in  a  personal  letter  on  the  subject: 
'Religion  is  intended  as  a  comfort,  a  solace,  a  necessity  to 
the  soul's  welfare,  and  whichever  form  of  religion  furnishes 
the  greatest  comfort,  the  greatest  solace,  is  the  form  which 
should  be  adopted,  be  its  name  what  it  may.  The  best  form 
of  religion  is — trust  in  God  and  a  firm  belief  in  the  immor- 
tality of  the  soul,  life  everlasting.' 

"It  is  my  direction  that  this  vital  and  most  important 
fact  be  not  lost  sight  of :  that  the  students  when  they  enter  the 
University,  be  taught  that  every  one  born  on  earth  has  a 
soul  germ  and  that  on  its  development  depends  much  in  life 
here  and  everything  in  the  Life  Eternal.  Cultivatmg  the 
soul  intelligence  will  endow  them  with  that  which  is  beyond 
all  human  science,  and  reveal  to  them  God's  very  self. 
Thomas  aT'vempis  has  said  'How  noble  is  the  soul  of  man: 
what  wondrous  powers  are  hidden  within  it.  It  can  find  no 
rest  until  it  hath  attained  to  the  Supreme  Good — reached  its 
aim;  when  once  this  is  attained,  it  then  enjoyeth  peace.' 

"There  is  no  narrowing  so  deadly  as  the  narrowing  of 
man's  horizon  of  spiritual  things;  no  worse  evil  could  befall 
him  in  his  course  on  earth  than  to  lose  sight  of  Heaven.  And 
it  is  not  civilization  that  can  prevent  this,  it  is  not  civiliza- 
tion that  can  compensate  for  it.     No  widening  of  Science, 


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no  possession  of  abstract  truth  can  indemnify  for  an  enfeebled 
hold  on  the  highest  and  central  truths  of  humanity.  What 
shall  a  man  give  in  exchange  for  his  soul?  To  teach  this 
means  the  simple  truths  taught  by  our  greatest  of  all  teachers 
— Jesus  Christ. 

"In  this  connection  I  recall  a  statement  made  to  my 
husband  and  myself  by  the  late  Mark  Hopkins,  President  of 
Williams  College,  while  spending  an  evening  at  our  home 
in  Washington  in  1886.  After  reading  aloud  to  us  the  fourth 
chapter  of  Ephesians  he  remarked :  'A  general  observance 
of  this  chapter  would  civilize  the  world.'  I  call  your  atten- 
tion to  this  remark  because  it  was  made  by  one  of  the  fore- 
most educators  of  this  country. 

"Representatives  of  all  denominations  without  any 
restriction  are  invited  to  occupy  the  pulpit  from  Sabbath  to 
Sabbath  at  the  University,  and  I  note  with  satisfaction  that 
the  students  as  a  rule  attend  voluntarily  in  large  numbers, 
and  listen  with  rare  attentiveness  to  the  sermons  preached. 
I  also  note  with  gratification  that  there  pervades  among 
them  a  deep  and  sincere  religious  sentiment,  as  is  shown  by 
the  regular  Sunday  evening  meetings  attended  chiefly  by  the 
young  men  and  women  of  the  University.  I  feel  assured 
that  God  has  a  place  in  their  hearts,  therefore  I  have  thought 
that  as  soon  as  my  financial  condition  warranted  it,  I  would 
like  to  establish  a  professorship  of  Bible  History  to  be  filled 
by  one  who  will  teach  it  without  any  prejudice." 

I  recommend  the  establishment  of  standing  committees 
of  seven  members  each  upon  Finance  and  upon  the  Univer- 
sity; also  a  standing  committee  upon  the  Church  and  upon 
the  Museum,  and  a  standing  committee  upon  auditing, 
organization  and  rules.  The  latter  committee  should  report 
within  one  year  upon  the  permanent  organization  of  the 
Board  and  the  University  and  upon  the  powers  and  duties 
of  the  President  and  Faculty,  of  the  standing  and  special 
committees  of  the  Board,  and  of  the  Board  as  a  whole.    In 


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all  matters  relating  to  the  University  proper  it  should  report 
as  a  subordinate  committee,  to  the  University  Committee, 
and  meet  jointly  with  an  advisory  committee  representing 
the  Faculty.  The  committee  should  not  be  necessarily 
restricted  in  its  membership  to  that  of  the  University  Com- 
mittee, as  it  will  probably  be  desirable  to  refer  to  it  questions 
involving  conflicts  of  jurisdiction  between  officers  or  com- 
mittees of  the  Board  or  the  University,  and  other  matters 
affecting  the  orderly  conduct  of  the  affairs  of  the  Board  and 
the  University. 

I  recommend  the  continuance  of  the  present  practice 
which  requires  the  annual  preparation  and  consideration  of 
estimates  of  income  and  expenditures  for  the  coming  year, 
and  that  appropriations  for  running  expenses  and  for  such 
special  purposes  as  can  be  estimated  or  determined  in 
advance,  be  made  accordingly.  In  determining  the  amounts 
of  the  appropriations,  you  will  take  into  account  the  ten- 
dency of  such  institutions  to  develop  more  rapidly  than  their 
resources,  and  to  thereby  impair  their  efficiency  for  work  of 
the  highest  order.  It  will  be  necessary  for  you  to  make  a 
careful  study  of  the  condition  of  the  securities  and  other 
properties  lest  you  should  exceed  the  net  or  normal  income 
of  the  University.  Accordingly  I  recommend  that  the 
Finance  Committee  be  requested  to  prepare  estimates  of  all 
necessary  appropriations  from  the  gross  income,  always  to 
preserve  the  capital  of  the  endowment  intact. 

I  suggest  the  preparation  of  estimates  and  the  creation 
of  funds  for  the  following  pui-f^oses : 

1st.  To  meet  possible  depreciation  in  the  value  of  the 
endowment  for  any  cause,  and  to  constitute  a  self-insurance 
fund. 

2nd.  To  manage  and  maintain  the  University  prop- 
erties. 

3rd.  To  forestall  all  accruing  obligations  for  buildings 
or  otherwise. 


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4th.  To  provide  for  anticipated  expenditures  on 
account  of  plans  for  improvements,  buildings,  equipment, 
etc.,  not  provided  for  out  of  the  running  expense  fund. 

5th.  To  provide  for  fixed  or  regular  annual  expendi- 
tures on  account  of  the  running  expense  fund. 

6th.     A  general  or  contingent  fund. 

My  frequent  reference  to  subjects  previously  mentioned 
in  this  and  former  addresses,  and  quotations  from  the  Found- 
ing Grant,  are  made  with  the  hope  of  impressing  the  sub- 
jects on  the  mind  of  you  Trustees,  and  to  make  you  familiar 
with  the  provisions  of  the  Grant,  and  not  with  a  view  to 
establish  them  on  a  firmer  basis,  for  I  fully  understand  that 
it  does  not  require  repetition  to  strengthen  an  established 
fact.  My  addresses  have  been  too  long  and  the  provisions 
of  the  Founding  Grant  are  too  numerous  for  you  to  carry 
them  in  your  minds,  and  being  intended  solely  to  promote 
the  welfare  of  the  University  and  its  students,  I  have  had 
copies  made  in  pamphlet  form  of  all  these  writings,  wdiich 
are  at  your  disposal. 

FINAL. 

On  retiring  from  the  active  management  of  affairs  con- 
nected with  the  University  allow  me  to  say  to  you  that  in  the 
past  I  have  endeavored  to  put  into  all  my  work  my  truest 
self.  I  have  learned  to  love  this  work  so  sacredly  entrusted 
to  my  care.  Through  trying  and  unique  experiences  my  life 
has  been  brought  nearer  to  others  who  carried  burdens.  I 
recognize  we  all  have  human  hearts,  and  it  has  called  out 
for  faith  in  God,  and  in  this  way  I  have  been  led  and  sus- 
tained by  God,  and  I  can  now  say  truly  that  I  am  thankful 
to  the  All-Wise  and  Loving  Father  for  His  leading. 

I  realize  fully  the  great  change  that  will  come  to  me  from 
being  released  from  active  mental  life  to  one  of  quiet  and 
peace,  consequently  I  have  planned  to  go  away  to  other 
scenes  in  foreign  lands  for  a  year  or  two  and  divert  myself 

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through  my  eyes.  I  have  no  regrets  whatever  in  taking  the 
action  I  have  to  release  myself  from  and  turn  over  to  you  the 
affairs  of  the  University.  You  have  my  entire  confidence 
in  your  abiHty  and  in  your  determination  to  do  earnest,  con- 
scientious work  to  the  very  best  advantage  to  the  students, 
they  to  be  considered  paramount  to  all  and  everything  else. 
The  same  Good  Father  who  guides  and  rules  all  w411  con- 
tinue His  watchful,  loving  care.  He  knows  the  work  was 
inaugurated  through  love  for  humanity,  and  love  for  human- 
ity must  ever  be  the  University's  motto  as  long  as  time  lasts. 

(Signed)  JANE  L.  STANFORD. 

San  Francisco,  July  6,  1903. 


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